Were Irish Catholics and Northern Irish Protestants attacking each other fighting over autonomy and

[Attorney in Texas]

9. A caliphate is a governmental unit. The creation of a caliphate is the promotion of the caliph and

regional autonomy of the caliph within the caliphate.

The creation of a caliphate in an area that encompasses parts of Syria and Iraq does nothing to promote Islam except as it is secondary to the enforcement of the rules of that caliphate in that boundaries of that caliphate.

During the American revolution, most of the 13 original colonies has an established religion:

CONNECTICUT - Congregationalist
DELAWARE - No establishment clause
GEORGIA - Church of England
MARYLAND - Church of England (originally established as Catholic refuge)
MASSACHUSETTS - Congregationalist
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Congregationalist
NEW JERSEY - No establishment clause
NEW YORK - Church of England
NORTH CAROLINA - Church of England
PENNSYLVANIA - No establishment clause
RHODE ISLAND - No establishment clause
SOUTH CAROLINA - Church of England
VIRGINIA - Church of England

These 13 colonies were not created to promote the Church of England or the Congregationalist church any more than the caliphate is created to promote Islam. Religious freedom is pat of the autonomy issue -- YES -- but the promotion of any particular faith is not the goal of forming the new government unit.